My coat tree build
Such a great, simple project! Thanks for the plans Ana! I'm doing my best to send people your way via my blog, iliketomakestuff.com
Such a great, simple project! Thanks for the plans Ana! I'm doing my best to send people your way via my blog, iliketomakestuff.com
My husband made these for our 5 year old daughter and our 1 year old granddaughter. They turned out adorable! Our first project with a kreg jig, best tool ever! It took a few weekends, but we are also building a house. The longest time was spend waiting for paint to dry!
This is the end Table I built from Anna's plans. If you wanna watch how I built this table. go to https://youtu.be/qaFfvO2nfm0
After making the coffee table, I wanted to add a pop of color and design to the front porch. Each of these projects have strengthened my beginner wood working skills. I am excited on how this turned out and cannot wait for my next challenge. Thank you again Ana, for the plans and video. They both help beginners like me. Jennifer
This bookcase was really easy to make and provides tons of storage! I am doing my girls playroom in blue, purple, and pink so I painted one room each color and also modge podged matching scrapbook paper into 3 of the rooms.
Made this corner cabinet for my office to shelve all my music books and camera gear. It has tidied up things perfectly! No more cluttery bookshelves taking up valuable floor space! This was a super easy build- used leftover bead board I had sitting around and some extra moulding for the edges of the shelves. I hand routered the top and footer, giving it a nice little detail. Love it!
In reply to Very Pretty! by Ana White Admin
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 09:54
Thanks! It really has helped with organization in my office. Cheap build, too.
Thanks for your video, Ana!
I had a bunch of salvage wood boards and wanted to offer my wife the space she'd always wanted for gardening for our wedding anniversary.
Your plans inspired me to build her this bench, adapting the design to the materials I had.
She loved it!!
Elodie :-)
Super easy and looks beautiful on the porch. Surprisingly comfortable!
My husband built this sectional from Ana's outdoor seating plans. Overall, it was a simple and easy project for our spring break. The paint is Glidden's Water Chestnut all cushions are from Garden Ridge. We love it!
Until now I've been doing the majority of my project cuts with my $30 jigsaw. Yes, it took about ten times as long as yes it was not quite as accurate so I ended up putting more time into sanding to clean things up after but I just didn't feel comfortable using the circular saw.
Well, I've got a list a mile long of things I'd like to build so it's time to put on my big girl panties and get comfortable with the circular saw. So...I read a ton of tips and tricks online and saw a number of different guides.
Taking a little from a few different pictures of guides and using the scrap wood from an old dresser, I put this together. I clamp it to the top of my work table and go to town. I love it and now feel comfortable using the circular saw. I'm sure it's helped me make more accurate, straighter cuts than I would otherwise have made too.
Fri, 01/23/2015 - 07:12
By using this jig, you are losing the full potential of your blade depth. A speed square would work just as well as this system and provide you with a full blade depth worth of cuts. I've seen systems like this before but really only useful for ripping long lengths of plywood/MDF/etc and not for cross cuts. I'm not trying to knock the way you do wood work, simply providing others with an alternative and easier way.
Fri, 01/23/2015 - 12:39
You're absolutely right that by using this I'm limiting the depth of my cuts to some degree. I have used the speed square as well and it's definitely a great tool that I'll use more in the future. The jig just offers me a little control until I grow more comfortable with the circular saw. Just an option for other newbies like me who might be apprehensive about using the circular saw.
A friend asked me to make a headboard for him as he couldn't find anything online or in store that he really liked.
I was up for the challenge and always love working with wood to make new and exciting things so, challenge accepted.
This was my first attempt at a headboard and I think it turned out pretty nice.
Knotty pine face with a cedar frame.
Looking forward to my next project!
I made this table smaller to fit in my entryway. Fun project, got my son and husband involved. Love how it turned out.
We were finding the wall behind our couch difficult to decorate. The couch is nine feet long, so everything we put up lacked the scale the couch demanded. I decided to build a reclaimed wood shelf to go behind the couch. The shelf is 6.25 inches deep, so is perfect for displaying items without losing space in the living room.
I followed the No Sew Cayden Nailhead Bar Height Stool but added 2 more inches to the height. I also left off the foam and leather to have a more Rustic look. I used a burn tool found at Hobby Lobby to burn the logo that was traced on to bar stool tops. It an easy build and the stools came out to less that $40 a piece. These took me a few weeks to completely finish but I had 6 of them built within a day. The burning and the staining took the longest but these are easy enough to build in a weekend.
I used the plans for the 4x4 truss beam table to make this version with a concrete top.
This potting bench was exactly what I was looking for. Ana's materials list and cut list were perfect. The instructions were simple and precise which all made the project easy. I used white pine with a deck stain and sealer. Cedar or pressure treated lumber might last longer, but cedar was expensive and PT was too heavy. So I kept it simple and I'm sure with the deck sealer this bench will last for years. I used pocket screws and wood glue which made the bench extremely sturdy.
I love this desk! My husband loves it too. He was surprised to come home from work one day and find it sitting in the office. Cutting the notches for the shelves was tricky. I bought the cheapest jigsaw from Home Depot, which would have been ok had I bought a decent blade to go with it. The blade it came with was terrible, but after much trial and error, and power sanding, it all worked out. I'm really happy with the finish. In person, it looks like the pit of an avocado, which is exactly what I was hoping for.
Thu, 03/21/2013 - 20:46
Beautiful! It looks like something out of a home decor magazine!
I used the ideas of many and added my own as well, with the bottom shelf and 30 degree edge cuts on legs and bottom edge of table top. I constructed this in two separate parts, frame and inserts. I stained the the gray and brown parts separately then finished assembly and clear coated. I used nine 2x4x8' and one 1x8x6'. Table top is 60" x 22". I had to use one piece of 2x6 and rip to 4" wide. This filled the 1/2" gap I was left with on the gray part of table top.
Mon, 02/02/2015 - 14:26
I really like the contrast with the colors. You did an outstanding job of making this piece a one of a kind. Very, very nice.
Mon, 03/12/2018 - 12:41
Did you happen to have a support for the bottom shelf? This is exactly what I'm wanting for my entry way! Awesome job and love the colors!
Built this over the course of a week, but could have been done in a weekend if I didn't have three young ones. My husband is military and we move often, so it is built to be broken down into three large pieces. Used these http://www.rockler.com/5-surface-mounted-bed-rail-brackets to attach the rails to the head board and footboard. This bed is a tank and doesn't move at all! We are in love with the way it turned out!
I made the first adirondack chair, then decided to modify slightly to include drink holders for the second chair. Super easy to make and the instructions were very clear and concise. The cuts were straight forward except for the stringers, which had very specific drawings to follow. I sanded to round the edges and stained the first coat before assembly.
I just finished building this dresser and i am very very happy with it. I got the plans from the design confidential http://www.thedesignconfidential.com/2012/03/free-diy-furniture-plans-b… This dresser took me over a month to do from start to finish i mostly just worked on it during the weekends. I have a small work area so there was only so much i could do at once. This dresser is very sturdy and strong, I am willing to bet this will be in the family for many years to come. If I had a router I would have loved to have made the drawers out of solid pine (instead of plywood) and made dovetail joints. I used The kreg jig to build them and there still awesome either way.
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yurra-bazain
Tue, 03/12/2013 - 22:56
Love the high gloss red
I made Ana's coat tree recently as well, but I painted mine white. I love that high gloss red that you used! It turns your coat tree into an accent piece. :)